New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram was Tuesday ruled out for the second Test against the West Indies due to a lingering calf strain.

The injury-prone Oram was a late withdrawal for the first drawn Test and he will now prepare for the Twenty/20 games and five one-day internationals to be played after the second Test, the New Zealand team management said.

Discarded fast bowler Chris Martin will be brought in as cover for all-rounder James Franklin, who suffered a heavy knock to his ribs while batting in the rain-disrupted first Test in Dunedin.

Batsman Peter Fulton, dropped after New Zealand were thrashed in the two Test series in Australia last month, has also been brought into the squad as cover for Ross Taylor, who dislocated a finger when he dropped a catch in the Dunedin Test.

But both Franklin and Taylor were expected to be fit to play in the second Test starting on Friday in Napier, the team management said.